Sentences with phrase «make students at all levels»

Julie Coiro, associate professor of education at the University of Rhode Island, outlined ways to make students at all levels smarter consumers of news and better prepared to evaluate and act on information.

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As a student of personal development himself, he made it a priority to provide constant education and training so his people could perform at the top levels.

So if participation in high school sports is good for students, at a certain level it makes sense that as many students as possible should get that opportunity — but if the same group of athletes hogs three sports» worth of spots, then opportunities are lost for others.

There is an obvious disparity between the funds made available by the federal government to support free meals for low - income students and the revenue collected by school districts (from federal «paid» meal reimbursements and student payments) to support the very same meals when served to children at higher income levels.

The approach is simple: Breakfast becomes available to all students — no matter their income level — and is eaten at the beginning of the school day — making it possible for all children to participate.

One of our big things last year was the Pedometer Challenge, with a goal of 10,000 steps a day, and it started with employees but made it to the student level — at the elementary level it prompted some schools to form walking clubs, where students were able to do a lap around the park and walk back to school.

By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementary!

Government has huge challenges with implementing a campaign promise to make education at the Senior High School level free for all students, both day and boarders, and starting from the next academic year.

The statement observes Government is having challenges with implementing its campaign promise to make education at the Senior High School level free for all students, starting next academic year.

The article focuses on the team's effort to describe how students make progress in their understanding of 14 specific energy - related ideas at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of complexity.

«But one of our key conclusions was that those children who enter the pre-k program with lower levels of English proficiency make gains at an even greater rate than the other students.»

Detmar Meurers, professor for computational linguistics at the University of Tübingen, summarizes: «Authors of textbooks should consider much more systematically what makes texts suitable for students of different age groups and performance levels in order to advance students in terms of language and content.

While minority males struggle at the student level of S&E (and college period), no real progress has been made for either sex among S&E faculty, although minority males slightly outnumber minority females.

This makes sense because elementary students tend to be more obedient to their teachers, so they may show higher levels of this type of engagement at that younger age.»

«Students at the top income levels who do not need financial aid appear to be making final college choices based on reputation, particularly as measured by the U.S. News and World Report rankings,» says Griffith.

We have made our risk assessments available to government officials, and are being incorporated into an mobile application, funded by Google and built by students at UM Flint, that allows Flint residents to learn of their home's risk level.

Because the room was mostly full of local students, it wasn't super high level science, but he did make sure to communicate to the students that STEM is important, that no one at NASA works alone - collaboration is key, and that science is always changing.

With each class catering to a wide range of levels, its group of experienced teachers were incredible at providing an amazing level of attention to each and every student to make sure I never put a foot wrong.

Her ability to speak to all levels of students and to meet new and old teachers at every level of their practice, makes her a sought after «teacher's teacher.»

The New York City school district's experience in implementing a new data - management system aimed at making a wealth of student - level data available to teachers is the subject of a new report by Education Sector, a Washington - based think tank.

Is it the role of education leaders or policy makers to intervene at this level of student decision making?

Isherwood, who is principal at Pivik Elementary School in Plum Borough, Pennsylvania, would like to see a commitment made at the state level to buy every student a lap top.

Arising at a time when the disparity of test scores, college attendance, and graduation rates between wealthy and poor students is reaching an unprecedented level, this volume urges that the problem of educational inequality be addressed and that changes be made within the educational system.

The importance of substitutes in the lives of students is made more poignant by class - size reductions, which have increased the number of classes at different grade levels and increased the demand for substitute teachers.

Most states have set their proficiency bars at much lower levels, perhaps because it causes less embarrassment when more students can make it across the proficiency bar, or because it was the easiest way for states to comply with the NCLB requirement to bring all students up to full proficiency.

«This needs - based funding is making a real difference to the outcomes of students at the local level,» Ms Berejiklian said

The issue with that is that if we have students in a classroom who are ranging from below Low, barely able to read and make sense of their text, to students who are reading at this Advanced level, it is very difficult for a teacher to be able to teach to a class with that wide a variety of literacy levels, and the problem is that these children who are not reaching the Low benchmark or are at the Low benchmark are, if you like, starting the race quite a long way behind all of these other kids.

So we looked at what could we do to make sure that the students are still being instructed on those grade - level standards, but getting the interventions that they need.»

Driven by changes already happening at the higher education levels and the need to prepare students for the 21st century workplace, blended learning provides the school with a variety of ways to address student needs, differentiate instruction, and provide teachers with data for instructional decision - making.

Teachers need a way to organize websites, make it easier to control several different computers, smart phones and tablets at once, and have their students navigate the web even if they are not always on the same reading and typing levels.

Second, the data are at the district level, limiting the ability to make inferences about individual students.

The fact that the cut score for the merit award was set at a level that is achievable by almost all students makes everyone believe that it is an attainable goal, one worth striving for.

But in May 2002, the state legislature made one of its boldest moves, revising the School Code, the state's education law, to require 3rd - grade students to score at the Level - 2 benchmark or above on the reading portion of the FCAT in order to be promoted to 4th grade.

Even if these students make incredible gains in their sixth -, seventh -, and eighth - grade years, they still won't be at grade level, much less «proficient,» when they sit for the state test.

This is great for GCSE and A Level but will work with any age group in giving them opportunities to make connections and guesses around what the are seeing, and that's a key thing I think in getting to students to look more closely where they usually only register what they see at first glance.

While this sounds both noble and egalitarian, it in fact expects those schools that had a lower percentage of students scoring at the proficient level in 2002 to make more rapid progress over the ensuing years than those with higher - performing students.

The lack of information on numbers experiencing blended learning has created challenges at multiple levels — from understanding if the phenomenon is actually scaling to contextualizing if bumps on the road, like the recent demise of Amplify, are mere blips or catastrophic events, and from understanding where policymakers and philanthropists can make the most impact to knowing whether the blended learning that is occurring is a good or bad thing for students.

The NCLB accountability system divides schools into those in which a sufficient number of students score at the proficient level or above on state tests to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks («make AYP») and those that fail to make AYP.

The new curriculum integrates history, science, and art into daily classroom life, explains Michael Birnbaum in the Washington Post, but some teachers say that the integrated curriculum makes it more difficult to differentiate instruction for students at different levels.

«In order to measure the effectiveness of changes,» Midgett added, «I then would incorporate ongoing assessment methods to guide instructional decision making (at all levels), as well as summative evaluation of student performance.

Staff at the college started with the idea of a traditional school garden typically aimed at a lower year level and imagined a redesign more like a laboratory for a senior cohort; a higher standard facility where students can do research, capture data and make use of technology.

At this level, a student must make some decisions about his or her approach.

1) Bringing every state up to the best state in the United States (Minnesota) 2) Bringing every state up to the best state in its region 3) Bringing all students in each state up to the NAEP basic achievement level 4) Bringing each state up to the best state, but assuming others do not make any gains at all, thereby isolating the direct impact of a state's efforts.

Effective decision - making at all levels depends on a good understanding of the status quo, which may include an understanding of how different groups of students are performing or how student performances compare with performances in other places.

As evidence that he or she now operates at the score 4 level, the student might make that presentation in a video recording given to the teacher.

Game jams can work at most grade levels, and in just about any content area — the games students make are a tool to demonstrate their learning.

Aimed at bridging the attainment gap for students, Progress 8 will capture the progress a student makes from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school, and as such level the playing field for all students.

Give more authority to states to design their own accountability systems as long as they make «significant» progress in the proportion of students at or above the proficient level and are closing achievement gaps.

Once family background and the nature of the peer group at school were taken into account, student achievement was unaffected by per - pupil expenditure, school size, the science lab facilities, the number of books in the library, the use of tracking by ability levels to assign students to classrooms, or other factors previously assumed to be indicators of what makes for a good school.

By using standard notice - and - comment rule making, by bringing the agency's policy in line with the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX, by getting a better handle on the extent of sexual assault in educational institutions and effective prevention measures, and above all, by focusing regulations on improving the educational opportunities that we provide students rather than upending the sexual mores of society at large, they can demonstrate that not everyone appointed by President Trump need sink to his level.